Mendez-Luck Carolyn A, Yu Hongjian, Meng Ying-Ying, Chia Jenny, Jhawar Mona, Sripipatana Alek, Wallace Steven P
Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2004 Sep(PB2004-5):1-8.
Asthma is a chronic lung condition characterized by wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing; it has been on the rise in the United States over the past two decades. In California, about three million children and adults who have ever been diagnosed with asthma also experienced asthma symptoms at least once in 2002. This policy brief provides data for California legislative districts to highlight the variation in asthma symptom prevalence for children and adults across the state. Asthma symptom prevalence rates at the district level are estimates created by a small-area methodology, based on rates from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001) that are applied to population data from the 2000 Census and 2002 California Department of Finance. This first-of-its-kind sub-county data are relevant for policy makers, advocates, and medical providers to illuminate the problem of asthma throughout California and within local communities.
哮喘是一种慢性肺部疾病，其特征为喘息、呼吸急促、胸闷以及夜间或清晨咳嗽；在过去二十年中，美国哮喘发病率呈上升趋势。在加利福尼亚州，约三百万曾被诊断患有哮喘的儿童和成年人在2002年至少有一次哮喘症状发作。本政策简报提供了加利福尼亚州各立法选区的数据，以突出该州儿童和成年人哮喘症状患病率的差异。选区层面的哮喘症状患病率是通过小区域方法估算得出的，该方法基于2001年加利福尼亚州健康访谈调查（CHIS 2001）的发病率，并应用于2000年人口普查和2002年加利福尼亚州财务部的人口数据。这类首创的县级以下数据对政策制定者、倡导者和医疗服务提供者了解整个加利福尼亚州及当地社区的哮喘问题具有参考价值。
